Duel

After watching glowing reviews on YouTube I had to get me a copy and, yes, I really like the upgraded theater version with added scenes. The 4k is beautiful. Great first film to get Steven Spielberg recognized as a promising action/drama director. It contains a lot of scenes that were Hitchcock inspired such as the diner scene. Hitchcock liked to stay ahead of his audience and in that tradition the scene where the camera pans the truck drivers boots in the diner which should have been a dead giveaway as to the culprit except all the boots looked like the boots observed in an earlier scene. The ID of the terrorist driver was never given away. Great suspense film making.

I first watched this as a kid in the 70s with my Daddy. It has a unique perspective, the whole movie is basically focused on Dennis Weavers thoughts. I can't count how many times I've watched it. Just a simple plot that we can all relate to being bullied on roads. It has a typical ending where the good guy wins finally. I'd love to see a sequel to it.

Always loved this movie! was really happy to see it on 4k! DGreat!

I have seen the movie Duel dozens of times in the past 50 years. However, I had not seen the original TV version since the early 1980's. This new set finally has the original tv version on it. It was neat seeing the shorter version with added dialogue. Some of the dialogue was left out of the theatrical version and it leaves the viewer wondering.."Why ?" Some was key to what was going on in the movie. In other instances you can see why the extra dialogue was scrapped. Although the video quality is not as sharp as the new 4K version, Duel purists will not mind the tv version. Only issues I had were the volume was very low and some of the "touch up" work went a bit overboard. In some scenes Dennis Weaver almost looks imposed instead of natural. I like the fact that the original color looks like it did on tv. It shows the truck in its bronze/gold/ oily colors. Not "brown" as Spielberg called it. The Valiant was not truly red. It was more of a darker orange or orange/red. Thankfully the sound was not doctored. It was left in its original form. This is another plus for Duel purists. If only it had been louder. For the price, you get a ton of cool stuff. Wheter you want the Ultra 4k, standard Blu Ray, or HD tv version, this is a must for Duel fans.

She enjoyed it.

This was a surprise film to me. The translation to Blu-ray in color and sound works. Man versus machine is just fantastically reproduced.

This is a Nov. 2023 update! I just received the new 4K UHD/HDR Blu-ray of "Duel." The improvement over HD is impressive, immersing one in the thriller. Differences between 4K and HD are subtle, but with 4K it just seems to put you into the movie itself. I heartily recommend this 4K version! Also, it includes the original 74 minute TV version, which, with less "filler," increases the tension, excitement, and terror. The picture quality of the TV version is definitely NOT "HD", but feels more like watching a '70s tv show--which this was.I first saw "Duel" in around 1972 on ABC as one of their movies of the week. I was mesmerized and thrilled by the relentlessness of the film; I was on the edge of my seat for all 90 minutes! Talk about road rage!"Duel" was Steven Spielberg's first full-length film, a 'made-for-TV' movie starring Dennis Weaver (from 'Gunsmoke' and 'McCloud'), about David Mann, a mild-mannered middle-class traveling salesman being terrorized by the aggressive driver of an 18-wheeler, and how Mann (note the name!) responds during the 90 minutes of hair-raising terror. The original TV version was 74 minutes minus ads. Since ABC decided to release it theatrically in Europe, they added about 15 minutes of "filler" to get it to just under 90 minutes. The "filler" does not adversely affect the white-knuckle thriller, and adds a telephone scene with his wife (Jacqueline Scott of "Fugitive" tv series) that displays Mann's demure, passive husband/wife relationship , at odds with the challenge of facing potential violence threatened by the Peterbilt truck driver (whom we never see). Also, some mild cussing was thrown in to make it seem more realistic for movie theater audiences.The picture quality is excellent in restored high definition and in widescreen (it was originally shot in 35mm 1.33:1 ratio).There are excellent bonus videos, including Spielberg discussing the filming process and how he fought to get it filmed on location instead of in a sound stage with tacky process backgrounds (to save money of course). Also there is a spot with Richard Matheson, who wrote the original novelette published in 'Playboy' magazine, and the screenplay. Matheson wrote many screenplays for 'Twilight Zone', including the famous "Nightmare at 20,000 Ft." with William Shatner.My only 'criticism' is that Universal didn't include the original 74-minute version. Fortunately, for the serious fan, a new 4K UHD Blu-ray is being released in November 2023 that will include a Blu-ray HD print of the 74-minute TV version, in 1.33:1 standard tube-tv ratio.Spielberg credits his work on "Duel" as being the film that propelled him from directing TV show into making feature films. What a debut!

This a great movie fantastic quality

Pues llega con un bonito slipcover de calidad correcta.La calidad de la imagen es muy buena y es una mejorar sustancial desde el blu-ray. La claridad, nitidez y saturación del color con las mejoras sustanciales.El sonido en inglés Dolby Atmos es muy bueno, así como correcto el español latino dolby digital 5.1. Trae subtítulos en ambos idiomas y más.El código digital es válido solo para USA.

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Mooie film!

A primeira grande metragem de Steven Spielberg....suspense até ao fim, fantástico

主人公のおっさん、なぜ最初のガソリンスタンドで警察に通報しなかったのか、とか変人トラック、オーバーヒートのバス助けるのにぶつかって押すとか、へこむやんとか、突っ込みどころ満載なのですが、この時代に今はやり(？)の「あおり」の演出は本当に恐怖そのもので、クライマックス、主人公のおっさんの我慢限界的な本気度がかっこよかった。さすがスピルバーグ監督！思いました、めちゃめちゃおもしろかったです。